Garment holding case



Oct. 27, 1953 s. KAPLAN GARMENT HOLDING CASE Filed June 2, 1950 H TTDRNE) Patented Oct. 27, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,656,913 GARMENT HOLDING CASE Simon Kaplan, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 2, 1950, Serial No. 165,806

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment packing and shipping cases and particularly to an improved garment rack support and case reinforcing member adapted for use with corrugated paper or cardboard garment shipping cases.

The invention may be briefiy described as an inexpensive garment rack supporting assembly particularly adapted for use with disposable corrugated paper or cardboard shipping containers. The garment rack supporting member includes a reinforcing plate adapted for external disposition on a shipping case and having a pair of substantially perpendicular rack supporting ears adapted to pierce the sides of said case and to be disposed therein. The rack supporting ears are shaped to support a garment rack and include means to adjustably position said rack for firmly securing clothing hangers placed in operative engagement therewith during shipment and to release said hangers after shipment to facilitate the removal thereof from the shipping case.

An object of this invention is the provision of an improved garment rack assembly adapted for use with garment shipping cases.

' Another object of this invention is the provision of an inexpensive and disposable garment rack assembly particularly adapted for use with corrugated paper and cardboard shipping cases.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved garment rack assembly which serves as a reinforcing unit for cardboard or corrugated paper shipping cases.

Another object of this invention is the provision of an improved garment rack assembly that is simple and inexpensive in construction and easily adapted to present day mass production techniques.

Other objects of this invention will be pointed out in the following disclosure and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which disclose by way of example the principles of the invention and the presently preferred embodiment of the garment rack supporting assembly applying that principle.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an oblique view, partially cut away, of a garment packing case having the presently preferred embodiment of the garment rack supporting assembly operatively associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 illustrating a garment packing case having the garment supporting rack operatively positioned therewith and illustrating the positioning of clothing hangers with the parts positioned for packing or unpacking operations; Fig, 3- is an elevational view partially in section illustrating the positioning of the elements of the garment rack supporting assembly and clothing hangers during shipment;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged oblique view of the garment rack supporting member; and

Fig. 6 is an oblique view of a portion of the member illustrated in Fig. 5 with the parts positioned as for shipment.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figs. 5 and 6 the presently preferred embodiment of the garment supporting rack assembly, as therein illustrated, includes a rectangular fiat metal base member it having a pair of ears I2 and i4, perpendicularly mounted thereon and positioned adjacent its extremities. The ears l2 and I l may conveniently be punched out of the base member ID and then bent to the substantially perpendicular position illustrated in the drawing.

The ear M is provided with an aperture l6, illustrated in the drawings as rectangular in shape, in the portion thereof adjacent the sill face of the base plate It and having its lower edge 18 spaced therefrom a predetermined amount.

The ear I2 is provided with a rectangular aperture 20 sized to approximate the dimensions of the aperture It as illustrated in Fig. 6. The aperture 20 is also illustrated as rectangular in shape and has its lower edge [9 in alignment with the lower edge I8 of the ear [2. Thus the lower edges (8 and IQ of the apertures I6 and 28 are equidistant from the base plate It. The aperture 26, however, may be readily enlarged by bending the locking member 22 outwardly to a position substantially parallel to the surface of the base :0 as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Referring now to Figs. 1 through 4, the invention is therein illustrated in association with a garment packing and shipping case, for example, a corrugated paper or cardboard case, having rectangular sides 23, 24, ends 26, 28 and a bottom at. A removable cover 32 (see Fig. 3) is provided to complete the packing case. It should be clearly understood, however, that the invention is notlimited to use with the particular shipping container illustrated in the drawings. For example, a corrugated shipping container having the cover members integral with the sides thereof and foldable in closure position may also be utilized.

The garment rack supporting unit, as described above and illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, is adapted to be centrally mounted on each end of the above described packing case with the ears l2 and I4 passing through suitably located apertures in the ends thereof and being disposed within said container with the upper surface of the base member In positioned adjacent the exterior surface of said ends. When the garment rack supporting assembly is so positioned,

3 the base ll] provides a rigid external reinforcing element for the ends 26, 2B of the packing case, and the ears [2 and I4 disposed therein provide a support for a garment rack on which clothing hangers are t bh'inounted.

After a garment rack supporting assembly has been placed into operative relationship with; each end, i. e. the end 26 and the end 2 8, of a packing case and the ears i2 and M are disposed within the case, the member 22 on the ear I 2 manually bent to a position substantially parallel to the plane of the base ID as illustrated in Fig. 5. The displacement of the member 22- greatly increases the size of the aperture 20 in the ear D Th2 i 9X ?.il i th ap t 2" readily permits the insertion of a garment rack 34, which may hei er xam le tangu ar bl Wood in's'aidaperture 20 and the; aperture IS in the a: a The le gth o frh k of course/1s ohhhdhht upo the i e o the Shipping, case and its shape preferably is similar to the shape oi the a erture i and it in h s it It, 'QWWQW 1X:

With the member pos tio d ubs a al y. h ithlihtth th ar h to: he ook; is positioned as illus ra ed; n Fig.5 a and an is ongularly d sh shdwith r tp fo o ds the tainer; 'I he angulandispositi on of the rack 34, ro hlti hi h he h w'ohlar daperture ead t r ite; h l c ng o the ho Bit of o mght' an rs t th r arouhd; s, l t at d in" the drawings both ends of the shipping container are utilized and the clothing 40 therein ha hed; i htei oh di pose in l t l iecte la r after the'desiredamountot clothing has been packed in; the manner described above, the members '22 are bent and returnedto the plane of the ears was illustrated inEigs. 3 and 6; The pet tioning o th m ht t rsv 22 as how s- 3'and Qfirmly engages and secures the garment rat he within h a rt l6. a 2t nd o said racks substantially parallel to but Sha da: edh htmih f h h fro t nds. a e hihhih o hta he Whehso o ed aselearly illustrated in Fig. 3, thehooks 36 f he hahg rs-ifi': ar q mpr s v l maintained and no ehlrho oht ho ok, p he. ja n defe mableinner-surfaceof the ends of the corrugated paper or cardboardyshipping case. The ith ithl y. i osed; ba me be 501 16 1 f h 'o d f he h h h 35?. maintenance of the compressive h h o h h o t h hook 5:,

The h aeomoht f the shr o of h -1' 4- by thecmember-Z Z; when positioned in the plane of the eariz prevents; the movement ofsaidrack 3 4 within the apertures l6 and'20.

T o hho o de or hiedi o k n o h rank wit n; h ap r ure n whi h mo ossively positions the hooks 36' prevents movement ordisplacement of;sai d hooks and consequently prevents, together with the; sides 23; 24 or the case, displacement ofthe packed garments during shipment.

-iin 'iackingof th'e garments is readily accomplished by rebending the member 22 to the position "substantially parallel to the surface of the base as illustrated in Fig. fi which enlarges theaperturen-and-releases the compressive engagement of-the rack 34; The'rack- 34' is then easily liftedjand removed from'the aperturesl 6 and 5 whichreadily facilitates the removal of-thaclothing from the-shipping case.-

Having thus described my invention, I claimz' 1. A garment rack supporting assembly comprising an open-ended corrugated paper garment shipping case having at least; one wall; perforated at predetermined locations thereon, a base plate positioned against the outer surface of said perforated wall and disposed substantially perpendicular tath e open end of said case, a pair of spaced garment rack supporting ears perpendicularly maarrtegl adgiacent the extremities of said base plate and sized to extend through the perforations in said wal l' into the interior of said case, a, garment rack receiving aperture disposed in the supporting ear positioned remote from he. pen nd o a d ase and s zed to position a garment rack inserted, therein. a predetermined Q h hhoe f om he wal of id case, asecondand larger garment. rack receiving, aperture disposed; in the supporting ear positioned adjacent, the, openend, 0i saidjcase sized to permit the positioning of a garment rack. at said predetermined distance from thejwall of said case, a garment, ck gitu nally isposed Within said apertures. m uthn othin ha g r hooks thereon,

and meansassociatedwith said second, aperture.

for removably securing said rack therein. in position at said predetermined" distance iromk the. innerowall. of;'said casevto compressively engage said hooks, intermediate said rack and the inner Sur ace f; h wall oi. t e shippin c s disposed between, said, rack; and said base plate.

2, A garment racl; supporting assemblycom-r prising, an open end'ed garment shipping, case. hat l tt e aw it i hyporforations at predetermined loeations, therein; a reinforcing rack suppvoth member including. an, elongated fiat base plate pQgitioned against. the. outer surface. of said perforated Wall; Substantiallyv perpendicular to theopen. end of saidcase, a pair. of spaced, garmohtack suppo t n ears perp ndicula it mounted djacent the extremities of, said base. plateand; sized, toextend into theinterior offsaid' qasethrough theperfprations insaidiwall; a,first garment, rack receiving. aperture sized to con: taina garment-racketpredetermineddimensions disposed in thesupportingear positioned. remote, from theiqpen endof, said caseand 'in. the,portion tiger-poi containedwithin saidcase, a. second and larger garment, rack.- receiving. aperture disposed the; supporting ear. positioned; adjacent the open end of said case and in the portion thereof contained. Within said case, agarment rack; of predetermined dimensions longitudinally dis: PQ BQW m: sa d p rtures for mounting cloth:

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with said secondfaperturefor decreasing the of, fectiige dimensions, thereof to removably. secure, said rack in a positionsubstantialy parallellto, the inner wall of saidgcasa,

SIMONKAPLAN;

, Ho owhoos C ted uhe file of: this patent.

UNITE? IAQEQS P TENTS" 1',543=,046' Batts June 23; 19.25 1,845,808 Oishei 'Feb. 16 19.32 19895601; Muc-heri Jan. 29; 1935 2,364,846 Hartman Dec;- 12'; 1944 15133605 Vernon- July:4, 1950 22,5577362 Reitman June:19, 1'951' 

